When his best childhood friend is found shot in the local lover's lane, Tom Britton, Sheriff of New Hamilton County, is determined to bring his friend's killer to justice. When he begins his investigation, though, he hasn't a clue of the long-buried secrets that he will bring to light, or the degree that these secrets will disrupt the tranquility of the town he loves and defends, threaten his close friends, and disturb his own well-being. Once started on a relentless pursuit of justice, however, his professional integrity forces him to follow the path of truth to its inexorable end, wherever...

Kimo Silva, Honolulu's incoming mayor, inherits a city that faces hard times. Economic decline, Asian conflict, and internal ethnic strife threaten to unravel the Aloha Spirit that keeps Honolulu's diverse population at peace. His own son, Luke, becomes a victim of ethnic intolerance when he is "hijacked" and threatened on his way to school. A series of related confrontations and crimes divides Honolulu's ethnic groups and enflames people who feel victimized by social forces they cannot control. Honolulu has been a model city for ethnic tranquility for decades, but Kimo knows that the peace...